Digitalisation &
Intelligent Platforms
The coal mining industry is undergoing a major transformation as digital technologies are adopted to improve efficiency, safety and productivity across the full mining operation.
What is Digitalisation?
Digitalisation refers to the use of data, analytics, automation, artificial intelligence and other digital tools to enhance the performance of mining operations.
Advantages of Digitalisation
- Improving health and safety by using drones, wearables, and smart helmets.
- Optimising mine planning by using advanced algorithms and simulations.
- Improving equipment using cloud storage and sensors.
- Increasing transparency and traceability by using blockchain to track and verify coal's origin, quality, and quantity.
- Minimising coal's environmental footprint with renewables, carbon capture, and data monitoring.
Responsible Mining
Practices.
Three environmental management areas covering water, air quality and land. Switch tabs to explore the practices and technologies each one delivers.
Water Management
Coal mine operations work to improve their water management, aiming to reduce demand through efficiency, technology and the use of lower quality and recycled water.
Water pollution is controlled by carefully separating the water runoff from undisturbed areas from water which contains sediments or salt from mine workings. Clean runoff can be discharged into surrounding water courses, while other water is treated and can be reused in processes such as dust suppression and in coal preparation plants.
Process water is captured, treated and recirculated — reducing freshwater draw and discharge volumes.
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